| NOUN | act | hitting, hit, striking | the act of contacting one thing with another |
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| Sounds | hhih'tihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The act of contacting one thing with another. | |
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| Example | "repeated hitting raised a large bruise" | |
| Synonyms | hit, striking | |
| Narrower | bunt | (baseball) the act of hitting a baseball lightly without swinging the bat |
| contusion | The action of bruising | |
| crash, smash | The act of colliding with something | |
| fly, fly ball | (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air | |
| grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground | |
| header | (soccer) the act of hitting the ball with your head | |
| plunk, plunker | (baseball) hitting a baseball so that it drops suddenly | |
| scorcher, screamer | A very hard hit ball | |
| Broader | touch, touching | The act of putting two things together with no space between them |
| Spanish | apaleamiento, golpeo | |
| Verbs | hit | hit with a missile from a weapon |
| hit | hit the intended target or goal | |
| hit | deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument | |
| hit | hit against | |
| hit | cause to move by striking | |
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